P

Letter P: Displaying 741 - 760 of 1590
petɬɑwɑhkɑːwɑh
Orthographic Variants: 
petlahuahcāhuah

master of the possessors of mats, petates (See Karttunen)

petɬɑːwiliɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
petlāhuiliā

to undress someone, to uncover something for someone (See Karttunen); or, to prepare soil for planting (clearing it and breaking up the dirt clods) (see attestations)

petɬɑːni

to scatter, to glisten, to reflect (reflexive verb) (see Molina and Karttunen)

for s.t. to shine in the sun o under a light.
# Algo que no se ve socio brilla un poco y lastima de los ojos cuando lo ilumina el sol. “Yo limpie mi zapato y me lo puse, espesé a caminar y cuando movía mi pie brillaba un poco”.
petɬɑːniɑː

to scatter or sprinkle something (see Molina and Karttunen)

petɬɑntimɑnilistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
petlapan ycpalpan nica

to hold the office of governance, a metaphor (see Molina)

petɬɑpɑn

on the mat (or, in the position as ruler) (see Molina)

petɬɑtikɑlɑki

to break through in a battle; or to penetrate a large group of people (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
petlatitlan icpaltitlan nitlaaquia

to cover up the blame or wrongdoing of another person (see Molina; who gives this metaphor in the first person singular)

petɬɑtɬ

reed mat (loaned to Spanish as petate)
S. L. Cline, Colonial Culhuacan, 1580-1600: A Social History of an Aztec Town (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1986), 236.

sleeping mat made from palm leaves.

land (milli) dedicated to the cultivation of reeds (tolli, tules) for making woven mats (petlatl)